best practice

American  

noun

Chiefly Business.

1. Often best practices a procedure or set of procedures that is preferred or considered standard within an organization, industry, etc..

   The company adopted best practice in employee recruitment.

   At the meeting we reviewed best practices for communicating with clients.

   Their methodology was identified as a best practice.

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best practice British  

noun

1. the recognized methods of correctly running businesses or providing services

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Etymology

Origin of best practice

First recorded in 1980–85; derived from an earlier (1905) sense “the best method, procedure, etc.”

Example Sentences

“We didn’t have examples of what best practice was,” said Amelia Vance, the president of the Public Interest Privacy Center, a nonprofit organization.

From Los Angeles Times

It also reminded the officer in question to follow best practice when logging crime reports, as they had failed to do so in Gough's case, meaning information about the investigation was not properly stored or readily available to the PSD's investigation.

From BBC

"Any proposals must be driven by evidence and best practice, not lowest cost, and must strengthen rather than weaken frontline, investigative and specialist capability, neighbourhood policing and public confidence."

From BBC

"The problem occurred because the description was based on a photo. That's not the best practice. There are discussions on that: Should we be able to describe species based on photos? Having the specimen is the only way you can reproduce or verify data. Data must be verifiable and reproducible. A photo is limited."

From Science Daily

The best practice is to add between 5% and 10% to your budget as a buffer to protect against price spikes and emergency expenses.

From MarketWatch